elcome to a jam packed edition of the third quarters Airflow. By the time you read this
newsletter the AGM has been over and done with for the next twelve months. Many of the
committee members have re-nominated along with a couple of newer faces to the committee.
The new secretary Kathy Moody, I believe to be one of the first women to hold a position in
MAAQ history, the vice president Keith Quigg is also new to the committee. I do hope that the
members support the incumbent new committee members in their positions. The event calendar is slowly filling with events in every month so far. Don’t forget to check out the MAAQ web
site calendar of events as there are several events where there are entry forms available and
to save taking up valuable space in the newsletter, these entry forms can be obtained from the
web site calendar. Check out the web site: www.maaq.org . There could be an event near you.
Speaking of new ventures, the President,Secretary, SFI and I visited a new field at Kooralbyn
over the last weekend to attend a Turbine day. This event was quite successful with numerous
models of various types and construction that flew throughout the day with flyers coming from
as far away as Toowoomba and Brisbane. An turbine association is being formed from those
interested that attended that day . Watch this newsletter for further developments regarding
this addition to the flight calendar .
Finially I would like to thank those members who contributed in this quarters newsletter in particular Charles from MASCOT, Dirk Hansen, Dave Karkeek APA, Nick Welburn RMAC, Brian
Cochrane LARCS C/L and Mal Campbell.
Doug Moody

Airflow Editor

FRONT COVER: Dirk Hansen has been a member of TRACS for just under 10 years and
is a retired engineer by trade. His workshop is a sight to behold with all his tools and
space for planes. It makes my work room look sparse and my tools very flimsy!
The following is Dirk’s description of the scale plane – a G164 AgCat bipe.
This site shows a real G164 being used in Townsville for aerial tripping from the water.
The owner is a Paul Mills – friend of Dirk and our club. He regularly does fly-overs for us
at the field on special event days and sometimes picks up his banner from the field.
http://www.redbaronseaplanes.com.au/
The photos below show a comparison - model on the right, real thing on the left. Pretty
damn good we reckon!!

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MAAQ President’s Annual Report to members 2012

Club visits have continued this past year, but on a much reduced basis as we are trying to
be prudent with member’s funds and also look into different ways we can assist clubs to
grow. More members mean more dollars to go around.
The MAAQ participated in the QORF outdoor expo held at Manly in October for the first
time since joining this organisation. It was attended by myself with help from the President
of Hellcats Paul Kranen and enabled us to network with other outdoor groups as well as
releasing the new MAAQ brochure. As we were in Tingalpa’s back yard so to speak all
enquiries were directed to that club.
The new website has now been up and running since October and I am sure you will all
agree that it is now a very professional site with changes continuing to be made. Last
November also saw the first National conference on flight training run by the MAAA held in
Brisbane and chaired by our past CFI Michael Snabaitis. Who can forget the Pylon event
last year with our own stars Chris and Kevin Callow as it not only showed Australia what
Queensland can do but the whole World.
The rules are still in the process of being rewritten because several clubs came back to us
with ideas about the changes we proposed which culminated in a workshop on the 20th of
this month, so once this has been ratified clubs will be asked to approve them allowing us
to concentrate on other matters. The MAAQ Executive would like to help member clubs
improve facilities but at this point in time the rules do not allow more than $500 to be made
available without going to a general meeting.
This year has seen a record number of members join and I am confident that we will
see continued growth in members at clubs. Please make all new members welcome as I
know it can be rather intimidating if you have never been involved in aeromodelling before
particularly if you front up with small foamies and see large petrol powered models gracing
the pits and sky’s.
This year will see the MAAA come up with a strategic plan for the future with an environmental
scan being already completed in one State which may serve as a model for all States to
follow. Once completed all State Presidents will get together and plan how this will be
implemented and then pass the knowledge down to all clubs wishing to participate. Until this
happens it is difficult to have an individual State plan for the future with out knowing what the
peak body is doing. There is no doubt the organisation is aging and we need to address this
now otherwise we could just fade away if younger people do not get involved particularly at
committee level. I also note that in the last 2 years many conscientious and well meaning
Club Executives have stood aside due to “politics” within their clubs, which is rather sad
because without good volunteers what hope have we for the future?
I mentioned last year that fields to fly large models at were in short supply due to increasing
urbanisation and to that end the MAAQ has leased an area within an unregistered airfield at
Wondai near Kingaroy for $100 per year in an effort to provide an alterative field for any one
wishing to have open space and no noise restrictions. There are toilets and other facilities at
this field, but as yet no prepared runway, this will happen during the next 12 months at very
little costs to members and then we will call for expressions of interest from groups wishing
to use the field on a regular basis.
The Bulletin has been going out to all member clubs each month keeping them informed
of what the Executive have been doing, but it has been disappointing to find out that many
club members have not seen it due to policies within some clubs, however it can be viewed
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at the end of each month on our web site www.maaq.org or ask
your club Secretary for a copy.
On the matter of communication members should be aware
that it is appropriate to consult with your club Secretary in the
first instance for any information you require, please do not go
direct to the MAAA Secretary as it will only wind up back on the
MAAQ’s desk for action. This has been a problem in the past
and is not helping to run the organisation in an efficient manner,
the MAAA and the MAAQ are separate entities.
My push to have us recognised as a sporting group hit a brick
wall when the MAAA failed in its bid to be recognised Nationally
because the States take lead from the National Dept of Sport
and or associated bodies. This year the focus of our marketing
will be to optimise our website so that it becomes a market leader
in Qld including a scaled down version for people using smart
phones, however we will also continue with RACQ advertising. A
competition will also run on the website offering excellent prizes
to all who enter.
Last year I talked about possible involvement with a community
sporting facility to have a permanent home, but with money in
short supply I don’t think this is going to happen in the foreseeable
future so we will look at other options for a permanent home if
indeed there is still an interest for this concept.

email:
cjvogler@bigpond.com

This past year has seen 3 Instructor courses run over 2 days at
Maryborough, Townsville and Logan area with the theory being
held off field each morning. The accent is on “train the trainer”
rather than your ability to fly because you must have gold wings
to enter. Deputy Instructors Keith Quigg (Townsville), Burnie
Courtney (Cairns) and Laurie Mudle (Hervey Bay have also
been appointed to conduct courses in their areas if required.
In conclusion I thank my team for their unselfish devotion to the
positions they hold, in particular the Secretary Brian McWilliam
whose work load has been increasing exponentially over the
last two years and the Treasurer Barry McDonald for keeping
a zealous watch over our money. Jeff Linton came into the
organisation as our SFI and was immediately initiated with a large
Instructor course in June soon after he was appointed. Brian
is now retiring along with the Vice President Craig McKenzie,
but I have complete confidence in Kathy Moody standing for
Secretary along with Keith Quigg standing for Vice President.
Thankyou for giving me the opportunity to serve and I have
decided to stand for re-election after receiving many offers of
support and requests to stay on.
Robin Klau
President MAAQ

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Grumman G-164 AgCat
I love building scale models and was looking for an aircraft that was exciting, had character
and was not available as an ARF or foamy. The idea to build the AgCat came when I flew
with Paul Mills’ “Red Baron” plane in Townsville, http://www.redbaronseaplanes.com.au the
same plane that was used in the movie “The Phantom”.The G-164 biplane is a purpose built
crop duster designed by Grumman and manufactured by the American aircraft company
Schweitzer. A few planes operating in various places around the world were converted to
carry two passengers where one usually finds the hopper containing the spray and Paul’s is
the only one also equipped with floats.
Coincidentally I found the name of Al Gerard/USA on the Internet who had developed
plans of the crop duster in 1/6th scale,which he had drafted in the original wheeled design,
and was happy to share these with me. Since we have only grassed air strips at TRACS in
Townsville I had to use the original wheeled design anyway.
My model is scratch built (nothing even laser cut) in 1/6th scale and much more detailed
than Al Gerard’s basic layout because I had the original aircraft right in front of my door and
access to the Grumman manuals thanks to Paul Mills.
The dimensions are:
Wing span: 2040mm (top), 1195mm (bottom)
Length:
1120mm (over all)
Wing area: 948dm2
Weight:
4.9kg
Power:
Turnigy RotoMax 1.20
Battery:
LiPo4S 2x5000mAh in series (29.6V)
ESC:
Hobbywing Flyfun 100A-HV (5-12S Lipo)
SBEC:
Turnigy #10313 5A (8-40V)
Prop:
Two blade 18x8E (Current draw around 54Amp)
She flies beautifully and even almost scale on half power. She does loops and rolls unlike
her original which can only handle +6g and -1g. The model’s maiden flight took place on the
1st of April 2012 at TRACS.
Dirk Hansen - AUS68629, TRACS, Townsville, Qld

Dirk Hansen AUS68629 flying (left side) with best
friend Bob Wigmore AUS9832 (right side) watching and advising. (Bob who dated back to 1972 in
our club will be our second submission).
Below: The full size with floats .

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MAAA Nationals Bulletin no 2

MODEL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA Inc.

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28 DECEMBER 2012 to 3rd JANUARY 2013


VENUE
•
The National Control Line
Championships are scheduled to be
held in the Albury district.
DATES
• Competition will commence on
Saturday 29th December 2012 and
conclude on Thursday 3rd January
2013.
FLYING SITES
• All Control Line grass events are to
be held only on Alexandra Park
Cricket Oval.
• All Control Line hard surface
events are to be held at the Twin
Cities Club field. Both Control
Line sites will be available for
practice on Friday 28th. December.
ENTRIES
• Entries will only be accepted on
the official entry form.
• For team events, only one member
of the team is required to submit an
entry form.
• Entries will not be accepted
without full payment
• Each entry must be accompanied
with a copy of the entrant’s current
MAAA card.
• A person assisting on the flight line
(mechanic, model launcher etc.)
must have a current MAAA card.
• A Junior is a person whose 18th
birthday falls on or after 1st January
2013.

Any entry received or postmarked
after 30th November 2012 will
incur a late entry fee. This fee is in
addition to the entry fee.
• The late entry fee for Seniors is
$10 per event.
• The late entry fee for Juniors is $5
per event.
• Entry fee refunds will only be
made for entries received or
postmarked prior to 30th
November.
• Entries received after 30th
November will not be entitled to a
refund
REGISTRATION
• There will not be a Registration
day. Late entries and processing
will be done prior to each event at
the event site by the event Contest
Director.
RULES
• Rules to be used are those in the
current Australian Rules Book.
Any special events will be run to
NSW published rules for unofficial
events. FAI events are to be run to
the current rules.
• AUS numbers are to be displayed
on aircraft. Scale models are
exempt.
•

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Competitors who experience a time
clash between events should speak
to the relevant Contest Directors to
organise a compromise. These
competitors, where possible, will
be accommodated. No
accommodation will be made for
competitors who arrive late for an
event without prior negotiation.
• Bad sportsmanship will not be
tolerated. Any dissatisfaction,
questions, etc. concerning any
event should be directed only to the
Contest Director.
•

DISQUALIFICATION
•

Competitors will be disqualified
for:
• running of engines or
flying on any areas
outside the Cricket Oval
at Alexandra Park
• running of engines or
flying on New Year’s Day
at Alexandra Park
• Any running of engines or
flying during the curfew

MAAA CARD
•

Competitors and assistants must
have a current MAAA card with
them when participating in an
event and presented when required
to do so.

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SAFETY
•

Competitors and assistants will be
required to participate in a “Safety
and Risk Assessment” prior to the
commencement of each event
during the competitors briefing.

CURFEW
•

•

A curfew will be strictly applied at
Alexandra Park before 9.00 am.
and after 6.00 pm.
No curfew will apply at Twin
Cities Club

WRIST TETHERS
•

Wrist Tethers are to be used for all
Aerobatics, Combat and Scale
events and for those racing events
where the rules require them.

SOCIAL EVENTS
• A social evening with dinner will
be held at the Commercial Club on
Saturday 29th December from 6pm.
The Waratah Room adjoining the
Bistro area has been booked for the
function. Meals and drinks are to
be paid for at the normal rate at the
Bistro.

Alexandra Park (cricket oval) is alongside the freeway and is accessed from Borella Rd. next to the railway crossing.
A curfew will be strictly enforced. Flying hours between 9am and 6pm. There will not be any flying on New Years Day.
Flying or running of engines during the curfew on the cricket oval or any of the surrounding fields will result in disqualification from the Nationals.
Parking for all vehicles is on the sealed car park located at the South West side of the cricket oval next to the freeway.
All flying will be on the cricket oval only. Any flying on surrounding fields will result in disqualification from the Nationals.
The hard surface is located at the Twin Cities Club located off the Olympic Hwy. on Central Reserve Rd. No curfew will apply.

ATTACH A COPY OF CURRENT MAAA CARD
SECOND MEMBER OF A TEAM IS REQUIRED TO SHOW
CURRENT MAAA CARD TO EVENT CONTEST DIRECTOR
MAKE YOUR CHEQUE / MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO
“CONTROL LINE AIRCRAFT SOCIETY - NATIONALS”
AS CALCULATED BELOW
EVENT FEE

Senior Event Fee $10
Junior Event Fee $5

Team $20
Team $10

TEAM EVENTS MUST BE PAID FOR IN FULL WITH THIS
ENTRY
LATE ENTRY FEE $10.00 Per Senior Event
$5.00 Per Junior Even

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES – 30TH. NOV. 2012
LATE ENTRIES – Entries may be posted to the Registrar or presented
to the event Contest Director on the official entry form prior to the event and
must be accompanied with a copy of the competitors current MAAA card.
LATE ENTRY FEES – Entries post marked after 30th Nov. will
attract an additional fee as detailed above. Late entries made at the Nationals
are to be paid to the Contest Director by cheque or money order.
No cash will be accepted.

Queensland State Titles
Bundaberg – July 7-8th – 2012
Pattern flying in Queensland over the decades has had its’ up and downs as I guess has most of
the Special Interest Groups in the Hobby. In the early 2000’s Pattern (F3a) experienced a surge of
competitive flying, we were envied nationally and it seemed this would continue, however as other
disciplines become more attractive and of course the arrival of the GFC sucked the life out of our
leisure activities and our working needs.
Progressively the ability to contribute time and costs to attend and administer competitions became
difficult and an erosion of the numbers able to attend or even become involved declined, late in 2011
I noticed a lack of activity on the QPFA web site with the possibility of not staging any competitions
in the 2012 events calendar. At that time I held the position of National Secretary Australian Pattern
Association, I had moved to Cooloola Cove and built a house so there was a motivation to jump in,
ring around the Clubs and secure slots for events.
Following some really positive responses from the Clubs in Queensland it was then possible to send
out a general email to all that I has address for and broadcast the 2012 Calendar. This brings us
to where we are now, even through the build-up, this hasn’t gone exactly to plan, and overall it is
not disappointing. The weather has played a massive role in events numbers with Tin Can Bay 2526th Feb. being completely washed out literally. Byron Webb becoming stranded in Gympie unable
to return home 60km down the Bruce Hwy, and Maryborough conflicting with the Coolum Flying
Spectacular it has been a bit trying.
All signs for the State Titles at the Bundaberg Model Club were good, the weather had behaved
the week prior and although there were stragglers in the entry on the QPFA web site a last minute
plea via the internet produced a great response from Maryborough through Karl Harrod with some
potential numbers elevating our entries to possibly 15. With this in mind I contacted our Treasurer/
Registrar Barry McDonald and requested some MAAQ medallions to award the place getters. It
was obvious that the numbers were not going to justify any more than 1st place in F3a – Expert and
Advance but Sportsman with the added entries from Maryborough looked like we would have 6 at
least.
After confirming earlier in the week with Bundaberg Model Club officials that there would be some
people wanting to camp Friday and Saturday and letting those that intended to camp know, I arrived
on Friday afternoon and booked into the “Alexandra Apartments” then made our way down to the
Club. It was obvious from the start that the weather was looking a bit suspect and come Saturday
morning although early the wind was moderate, by the time the pilots briefing got under way 10:15
the weather had shown its hand with gusting around 30kph and at right angles to the flight line. The
competition started with the F3A fliers as they are the most experienced and they would gauge fly
ability for the other classes. As it turned out we flew 2 rounds back to back of the F3A and realised
that conditions were only just flyable. A call to the next groups to fly found that there was one pilot
whose small electric couldn’t obviously fly and the boys from Maryborough decided that with motors
that were not 100% sorted might be risking too much and so elected to withdraw thus we lost 3
Sportsman leaving us with only three.
The rest of the day was taken up flying 3 rounds each class ending approx. at 3:30 – the up side of
flying in these conditions was mentoring the Sportsman group as both the Expert flyers and the
Advanced flyer were quite experienced and although scores reflected the difficulty of the conditions
there was no risk inflight only on the landing, where we used the cross strip (the wind was 90 Degrees
to the flight line).
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This was a repeat of the Saturday but with only 2 rounds flown in all classes, some more tuition
from the F3A group as a one on one with some of the Sportsman fliers was actively sought
and appreciated and from comments I heard, one of the key mistakes is identifying when
the airplane is level, where most of the in-experienced fliers were seeing the side profile it
was obvious that the inside wing was pointing down and constant reminders got the pilots to
see the underside of the wing facing them which kept the plane either vertical in up lines or
slightly heading out therefore, with the wind in their faces it kept them not flying in on top of
themselves all the time.
Overall I think we enjoyed the weekend, thanks must go to those that attended the Club and
some non-fliers who contributed to the overall competition. Trevor Nielsen who sat on the
judges chair all weekend and to Henry Hutchinson (National CD) who travelled up from Victoria
and although borrowing my spare 2 metre pattern plane which spat out a magnet from the AXI
motor on his first flight , he either judged or punched in the scores.
Your default organiser

Chris & Rebecca Callow have had a baby boy Jett Callow born on the 30th July 2012 weighing 6lb 11 oz .
Another generation of pylon flyers to keep the dream alive

Final Results

QLD state champs Bunderberg 2012
Competitor

Held 8/04/2012

Flight 1 Flight 2 Flight 3 Flight 4 Flight 5 Flight 6

Total

Advanced
1 Brett Richards

329.33

1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00
347.33

377.00

383.00

377.00

0.00 4000.00

0.00

Expert
1 David Carkeek

243.33

1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00
307.00

345.67

304.33

296.33

0.00 4000.00

0.00

F3A
1 John Payne

1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00
359.33

2 Colin May

293.33

353.33

370.33

405.00

419.00

0.00

816.33

896.23

560.76

894.65

908.51

316.67

207.67

362.33

380.67

0.00

0.00 4000.00

0.00 3515.71

Sportsman
1 Justin Bartowski

1000.00

875.91 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00

192.67

160.00

814.88 1000.00
157.00

182.67

188.33

3 Craig Brown
135.00

700.69

790.15

144.33

147.00

2 Aaron Brown

205.33

189.33

195.33

0.00

917.21

737.68

875.43

139.67

171.00

0.00

715.91

704.23

836.18

133.33

163.33

0.00

0.00 4000.00

0.00 3607.51

0.00 3046.46

Next General MAAQ meeting date :
10th November 2012 at the Chermside library at 2.00 pm
Afternoon tea provided after meeting.
PLEASE NOTE THE CUT OFF DATE FOR MATERIAL FOR THE FINAL
QUARTER OF THE YEAR OCTOBER-DECEMBER EDITION WILL BE
THE 30TH OF NOVEMBER 2012.

The membership cards currently being used are the last of a batch of 20,000 preprinted cards, with approximately 1,100 cards remaining to be used over the next
month. This batch of cards still indicates that the Insurance excess payable by a
member for any one Public Liability claim is $250.00. This figure was increased to
$500.00 at the 2011 Council Conference prior to the 2011/12 membership period.

Membership Renewals and Cards
The 2012/13 Membership renewal period started at a rapid pace and has remained
that way with over of 70% of renewals, based on last year’s figures, completed as of
the end of July.

Form MAAA 011 Incident Investigation Form. To eliminate the need to request
additional standard information following an Incident, the form was amended to
include the necessary items of information required.

MOP066 First Person View (FPV) Policy and MOP067 SGMA Policy. Amendment
to the definition of ‘Visual Line of Sight’.

MOP057 – Insurance Conditions. Amended to reflect the operations of FPV and
SGMAs. In addition, details of the amount of Insurance excess were included.

Manual of Procedures
The Manual of Procedures is a “live” document and is continually being updated.
Please check the MAAA web site from time to time to ensure that you are aware of
the latest editions of the documents. The MAAA has recently released the following
new and amended documents in the Manual of Procedures:

Due to the increase in propeller related accidents, the MAAA Executive have adopted
a past safety theme for the next three months, “Spinning Propellers are Dangerous”.

In addition:
•
Be alert when operating a new, larger model with an increased diameter
propeller. It has been suggested that painting the propeller tips may help
reduce this type of propeller strike, however continued vigilance is also
needed in these circumstances.
•
Please don’t attempt to stop running engines by bending over and grasping
the spinner.
These are some of the actions which have caused serious injuries recently.

Outcomes from Reported Incidents
Details from the latest Incident reports indicate a rise in propeller strikes to fingers,
arms and legs. Electric models tend to be the largest contributor to these incidents. A
simple check that the throttle is fully closed before arming an electric model would
have eliminated the pain experienced by a few of our members.

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

VARIATION IN MEMBERSHIP

MAAA Membership at the end of the 2011/12 period – 11,014.

Information regarding the Insurance excess is now contained in MOP057 Insurance
Conditions which is available on the MAAA website at www.maaa.asn.au

The Insurance excess is reviewed each year by Council and at the 2012 Council
Conference it was agreed that the Insurance excess of $500.00 would be retained.
The subject of the remaining membership cards was raised and Council elected to
use the remaining cards rather than discard them. The re-drafting of the new
membership cards, to be printed in August 2012, has been completed and all
monetary amounts have been removed from the text of the card.

Notice of this change was contained in the Council Minutes and published in the
MAAA Newsletter.

2013 Free Flight Team Trials
The remaining events in the multi team trials are:
Queensland Dalby 20.23 September F1A, F1B, F1C
New South Wales State Championships
Springhurst 29 Sept-1 October F1A, F1B, F1C

The third team trial will be a special trial event as a replacement for the Nationals at a
suitable time to be held in Cohuna Vic, between September and November 2012.
For full details see the AMPRA web site. ampra.org.au

"Spinning Propellers are Dangerous”

2013 F3D Pylon Team Trials
AMPRA and the MAAA Pylon Subcommittee will be running the team selection process
for the 2013 World Championships to be held in the Netherlands. The following team
trial events will be held: State Championship events in Victoria or Queensland; these
events are all scheduled to be run in the August to October 2012 period.

Competition Rules Year
Members are reminded that 2012/13 is a Competition Rules year. Australian
competition rules are available through the MAAA web site www.maaa.asn.au
All disciplines are requested to review their particular section of the rules and make
any suggested amendments through the relevant Subcommittee. Subcommittee
members for the discipline should collectively review all amendments prior to
submitting the final recommendations to the MAAA Secretary by February 2013. All
received recommendations will be added to the rules agenda to be presented to the
MAAA Rules Conference in May 2013.

Radio Control events are to be run by the R/C Special Interest groups who will
coordinate their own individual events at various locations throughout the year.
Details and advice will be available from MAS NSW when finalised.

Free Flight events are being held at Narrandera from 3-8 January 2013. For more
information contact the Nationals Free Flight and Control Line Coordinator, Brian
Ether, at brianea@optusnet.com.au

Control Line events are being held in Albury from 28 December 2012 to 3 January
2013.

66 Nationals – NSW Associations
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The 66 Nationals held in NSW during the 2012/13 period will be a split event.

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Reports are occasionally received that Inspectors are not carrying out the inspections
fully in accordance with the procedures and this could have implications in the event
of a subsequent problem. It does not matter how good the model appears to be or
who the owner is, it is important that Inspectors ensure they have used the
appropriate check list for the model type when carrying out any inspection.

The inspection itself is carried out using the appropriate check list for the type of
model. Each check list indicates items which need to be inspected at the time of the
initial inspection and also those which must be actioned at the beginning of a flying
session and before every flight.

Heavy Model Aircraft Inspection
The MAAA single page Permit to Fly (MAAA038) has been in operation for well over
a year now and used by FW and RW Inspectors. It is important to note that the
Permit to Fly is the Certificate issued at the completion of a satisfactory inspection.

Could Anthony be the youngest member to
achieve Bronze Wings?
Anthony Yokichi Brown is an energetic young lad who has recently turned 10 years old,
his interests not only extend to riding motorbikes and playing hockey but also to flying
model aircraft.
A very simple indoor helicopter first sparked this interest, planes followed with
many of these supplied by family and a close family friend and Club member Roland
Smith. A visit to the local showgrounds where the RMAC was holding a static display intensified the desire to fly something a little bigger, the seed had been sown.
Whilst browsing E Bay looking at models, a couple caught his eye, a Sports 40
and a PC 9, now dad had been using the computer for other purchases before Anthony
started browsing, was currently out driving and the Brown family became the owners of
two models â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;Ś ouch.
Some 2 months later with the help of the RMAC trainer aircraft Anthony passed his
bronze wings with ease. It was my pleasure to teach this polite, respectful and enthusiastic young man to fly. I will remember that grin for many years.
Nick Welburn. President. MAAA Instructor. RMAC

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CAN ANYONE OUT THERE IN CONTROL LINE LAND HELP IDENTIFY THIS MODEL ?
The editor has received a request from a modeller in Western Australia .
The following request for further information is from Peter Somers regarding the identification
and plan availability on the above sketch of a model from 1955 or so . Which I want to get a
Plan or a Name or whatever I can, so I can make a valid replica for Vintage "B" Team Racing.
(Look-A likes are not accepted).
I am hoping there's an Ancient Aviator out there who will see it and contact me.
I have tried many avenues of inquiry till now, so far I just get fobbed of with "Go and ask soand-so,", even from one of your colleagues who referred me instantly back to one of my close
pals when I had hoped he would circulate the sketch...!
This is a very old model design. What I need is exposure to the big audience of MAAQ
Membership, among others of course.
Please contact Peter Somers, 41 Milton St Mt Hawthorn W.A. 6016
peter.som.7@bigpond.com

An interesting scale subject to tackle
an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ansaldo A!â&#x20AC;? .

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Control Line Weekend

15th & 16th September

2012

The ‘Rocky Rally’ is on again!! The enthusiastic control line pilots of the
Rockhampton Model Aero Club Inc. are hosting another rally filled with a whole
weekend of control line flying.
The event will be held at the club’s 22 acre Gavial airfield. The field caters for RC
aeroplanes and helicopters and has two control line circles in operation.
Camping facilities are available at the field with power and hot showers. Motels are
only a 10 minute drive from the field. Lunch will be provided on both days at the
event.
So come along and join the Rocky team for a great weekend around the circles!
Directions to our field can be found on our website.

890
1046
846
195
266
Under the trials rules one overseas event can be counted. An x before the score indicates an overseas score not used.

CONTROL LINE AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY IPSWICH OPEN
DAY
BRIAN BURKE MEMORIAL DAY
Remembering a real Aeromodeller from Queensland.

SATURDAY 29th SEPTEMBER 2012
CLASI FIELD LEICHARDT PARK IPSWICH.
All Modelers are all invited to attend on this day commencing 9 AM TILL LATE
GOLD COIN ENTRY on the Day
FOOD AND DRINKS AVAILABLE
EVENTS to be held
2.5 SLOW COMBAT

Z CLASS

SIMPLE RAT

35 SLOW COMBAT

Brian built models and competed in all these classes so show up on the day preferably with a Brian
Burke model and relive some of history.
For further information please contact CLASI President Mark McDermott
on 07 32889263

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October25to 28th 2012
ADMISAD

ADMISSSION:
Adults $3.00 Family $6.00

After a spectacular first time event of this kind to be held on the
Fraser Coast with 36 pilots attending in 2010, the word has spread on
how good the event was, and there will be a greater number of pilots
attending the 2012 event.

The fastest aircraft in 2011 was clocked at 396 kilometres an
hour.
So the big boys will be out to better that this year.

THESE MODELS ARE POWERED BY MINATURE GAS TURBINES, THE COST OF THESE MODELS RANGE
FROM $5,000 RIGHT UP TO $40,000

Sponsors

Displays of Vintage Cars, Motorcycles and Engines.
THERE IS ALSO FOOD AND DRINK STALLS OPERATING BOTH DAYS SO BRING SOME CHAIRS AND SIT A
WHILE, HAVE A BITE TO EAT, AND WATCH SOME AWESOME FLYING.

MARYBOROUGH AEROMODELLERS CLUB Boonooroo Road (4km from the Granville
Hotel)www.maryboroughmac.com

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We need to know numbers early
so please advise soon if you are
coming, which events you’ll fly,
whether you want lunches
and/or field accommodation

LSq/100

CASH PRIZES
for LSq/100
and “No Frills”
Wakefield

“No Frills” Wake

No Frills
7am - 12noon

Lsq/100
7am - 10am
Open Rubber
10am - 1pm

7am start each day

The club canteen will be open for
lunch on Saturday and Sunday only

Camping for a modest fee is
available at the field

Accommodation at Dalby can be
scarce, so please book early!

“No Frills” Wakefield

SUNDAY 23 September

Open Rubber State Champs

LSq/100 vintage rubber

SATURDAY 22 September

F1B Team Trial

FRIDAY 21 September

F1A and F1C Team Trials

THURSDAY 20 September

20 - 23 September 2012

Four Days of Free Flight at Dalby

In the event of a fly off, a 4 minute round will be flown, progressing to a 5 minute
round, until a tie break occurs.

Multiple entries however will be acceptable , with each model having its own
recorded score.

Three (3) flights will be flown, with flights of 180 secs max.
Models to be hand launched.

Dethermalisers may be activated by the timer but no other items may be
timer-activated. The tension and/or torque of the rubber motor may be used to
operate gadgets, as may the prop-stop mechanism.

The fuselage shall have, at its point of maximum cross section, a cross-sectional
area of not less than L squared, divided by 100, where L is the overall length of
the model, inclusive of propellor attachments and tail hooks. L is in centimetres
and the cross-sectional area is in sq centimetres.

The wing area of the model, measured on the lifting surface itself (not projected,
as is current FAI practice) shall not exceed 1,355 sq cms. The tail plane area,
measured in the same manner, shall not exceed 33% of the measured wing
area.

The model shall be powered by a rubber motor. The all-up weight of the model
with motor shall not be less than 230 gms.

To commemorate the distinctive Wakeful style popular in the 1937 - 1951 period.
LSq/100 generally conforms to the rules that then applied. Entrants have the
option of using or adapting vintage designs or designing their own. Due to flying
field restrictions, a rubber weight limit has been imposed.

The model must comply with current FAI rules for F1B models - but the only
permitted timer operated device is the dethermaliser. Prop-stop activation, and
rubber motor torque operation of gadgetry is permissible.
No thermal detecting devices (thermistors, fluffies, bubbles, mylar tapes, etc)
are permitted.

Specification:

Flying Rules:

INTERESTED? Contact Malcolm Campbell via actrain@ozemail.com.au

In the event of a fly off, a 4 minute round will be flown, progressing to a 5 minute
round, until a tie break occurs.

Five (5) flights will be flown, with flights of 180 secs max.

This event was conceived to take F1B Wakefields back to the happy days of
the “builder of the model rule”, before the arrival of mass-produced, pre-trimmed,
factory-built models. Time keepers in this event have the responsibility of making
a pre-flight check of models to ensure that the dethermaliser is the only
automated and timer operated gadget.

Definition:

“NO FRILLS” WAKEFIELD

Flying Rules:

Specification:

Definition:

LSq/100 WAKEFIELD

AEROMODELLERS OF LOGAN CITY Control Line Group (Division of LARCS)
Aeromodellers of Logan City or ALC as we are known, is still alive and well. As you can
see the club is now a part of LACS.
In May 2011, ALC was evicted from its previous location due to Logan City Council
requiring the land for future development. Alma Park Zoo was moving next to the site
plus an Eco Display Village was to be constructed on the site. ALC had two choices,
Find another location or wind up the club.
The second situation was not considered. Fortunately LARCS came to the rescue with
an offer to move down to their field. In July 2011 we relocated about 300 meters north
of the LARCS facilities.
Over the last twelve months and with a lot of help from LARCS and our own members,
plus a decent relocation grant, we now have three grass circles and a fourth under
construction, plus we have secured the use of the existing hard stand up the “Top
Field”. In total we have five circles. We also have a large storage shed and covered
relaxation area plus an 18meter covered and concreted pit area.
The facilities that are in place now are far superior to the facilities that we previously
had at the “Top Field”. In time we envisage that the new facilities will be the best in the
state, capable of holding State Champs, East Coast Champs and Nationals.
2012 STATE CHAMPS
This years State Champs is the first time in many years that they have been diversified
due to the disruption caused by the relocation of ALC. The events have been spread
over five clubs and part will be held on the 22nd and 23rd of September. We will be
facilitating FAI F2A, F2C plus Open Rat, Z Class and……..wait for it…………STAND
OFF SCALE.
There has been a fair amount of interest shown over the last year or so in resurrecting
this event. There are at least three members of ALC that will be entering models plus
a couple from Thunderbirds and possibly a couple from CLASI. It would be nice to see
some entries from interstate as well. It would be great to see some Control Line Scale
Models in the air again. This event has not been seen at the State Champs for some
time now.
So guys, get your entries in before the 31st August. The club will be providing a BBQ
lunch and possibly breakfast on both days, plus hot and cold beverages, at a small
price of course. We also hope to offer camping facilities on site for interstate and out-oftown visitors, with the approval of Logan City Council and the LARCS Committee.
If anyone needs further information please give the undersigned a call, or if you would
like to visit the facilities, we are located at the end of Chetwynd Street, Loganholme,
Brisbane, Qld., 4129. Just call to arrange a time to visit.

*****Final events and programme will be made available late 2012
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MASCOT NQ

Model Aero Sports Club of Tropical North Queensland.
Recently a regional Queensland model flying club has come of age in far North Queensland
with major development of a new 300m by 40 m airstrip and a separate dedicated heli area.
Located just one hour’s highway drive from Cairns is the home of MASCOT NQ at Adil field
on the northern outskirts of Mareeba.
A major turning point in the direction of the club has been due to the guidance of our outgoing president, Charles, who has been inspirational in rallying the members to achieve the
major goal of setting up a new field. If anyone has had the challenge of a project such as
this, they will know exactly the commitment of time and resources necessary. It is imperative
that the leader has the enthusiasm, foresight, dedication and skills to bond a club together
to work as a team.
Those qualities, in our case, have worked in a number of ways. Charles’s enthusiasm
throughout has buoyed the members to always see the positives in a club environment and
we have all drawn on the energy of that enthusiasm. This is especially evident in our junior
members who have benefited greatly from Charles’ mentoring.
Charles’ foresight has shown us that achieving the goals set has always been possible .
The club was shown a piece of land deserted for years, which was heavily overgrown, with
no vehicular access, built up soil ridges under the grass cover and a drainage problem, as
a possible site for a flying field. Despite all this Charles could only see that the positives
outweighed the negatives and the project was started.

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Critical to the project was the development of a strategic plan, field layout plan and a
public awareness campaign. This is where Charlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; wife shared the burden and her
contribution to the dream began with extensive lobbying of the local council, countless
phone calls, letters and e-mails. Approval to occupy was granted. CASA approval also
applied for and granted, 7 days per week. 7.00am to 10.00pm and a 1000ft ceiling, perfect. That is dedication.
As funds became available from raffles, sausage sizzles, member contributions and
various other sources the club was able to bring in the earth moving equipment to turn
the rough into a diamond .

As a result of the skills applied the field is operational, membership is growing strongly and
a public awareness strategy is in place and working.
More information and a link to Charlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; weekly newsletter on the club website news page.
www.mascotnq.comze.com/1_5_News.html
The club wishes to congratulate Charles on the milestones achieved
throughout the journey.
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WINGS RATINGS 1 JUN TO 30th AUG, 2012
The following table is a list of pilots who have achieved their wings ratings as at 30th August.
On behalf of the President, SFI and Committee Members, congratulations and well done.
INSTRUCTOR RATINGS
AUS
73238
34992
61510
73282
53900
75068
63648
56624
73383
34906
21527
15282
68565

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Tingalpa Model Aero Club Inc.
Events Calender 2012/2013
Event Date

Sunday, 22nd July 2012

Event
Type
Event

Event Details

QMARA ELECTRIC
PYLON DAY

Convenor
Joe Luxford

(9.00 AM -12.00 PM Porter Field)
th

Sunday, 19 August 2012

Event

HAVE A GO DAY

Randall Mowlem

HELICOPTER DAY

Dave Walker

MODEL EXPO

Will Sipma

BI-PLANES &
WARBIRDS DAY

Joel Davison
Gregor Kruberg

EDF JET DAY

Kevin Dodd
Chad Barrett

WARBIRDS DAY

Noel Stewart

(9.00 AM – 2.00PM Porter Field)

Sunday, 16th September

Event

(9.00 AM – 2.00 PM Porter Field)

Sunday 7th October 2012

Event

(9.00 AM – 3.00 PM Porter Field)

Sunday, 25th November 2012

Sunday, 17th February 2013

Event

including a Swap & Sell
(9.00 AM – 2.00 PM Porter Field)

Event

(9.00 AM -2.00 PM Porter Field)
Sunday, 17th March 2013

Event

in conjunction with

Sunday, 21st April 2013

Southern Cross Air Force
(9.00 AM – 2.00PM Porter Field)

Event

ELECTRIC DAY &
UNUSUAL MODEL DAY

Martin Homann

HAVE A GO DAY

Randall Mowlem

QUEENSLAND SCALE FEST

Richard Symes

(9.00 AM – 2.00 PM Porter Field)

th

Sunday, 19 May 2013

(9.00 AM – 2.00PM Porter Field)

Saturday, 15th June 2013
Sunday, 16th June 2013

Event

incorporating Peter Cutler Memorial Trophy

(9.00 AM – 5.00 PM Porter Field)

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